Keystone pipeline springs leak in South Dakota

[Benton]

(11-21-2017, 04:01 PM)Millhouse Wrote: They probably used the lowest bidders to build that part of it.

I have mixed views on the Keystone pipeline in general though. For positives, it would help get us off the middle east teet for oil while also reducing oil prices here in the states in the long term.

Obviously the negative are possible environmental impacts if more leaks occur like this.

Whether we like it or not, oil is still extremely vital to our modern society. And it will be until scientists and governments implement new technologies of where cars and planes can run off of safe clean energy sources that are not from fossil fuels. Yes there are electric cars, but that electricity to refuel the batteries has to come from either coal or nuclear plants, neither of which are good when it comes down to it.

To the bold, from what I understand it's hard to get an estimate on just how much because it's all lumped together in our refineries, but it's been reported that anywhere from 30-100% of it goes out in the form of exports. If Stewie of someone with a better handle on it has any realistic, non-politicized numbers, I'd be interested in reading them. Pro-pipeline folks hang on to the story that it lowers our price; opponents say most of it ends up overseas lowering the price in other countries.